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School children suffer from poverty

If you think that drama in school only surfaces in high school, think again. Though the everyday problems very, many elementary students deal with problems on a day to day basis. One of the larger standout is the fact that these middles scholar’s grades are suffering from their parent’s low-income. It is not exactly that [...]

Small business grants bolster community economy

http://www2.mcdowellnews.com/content/2009/aug/06/recipients-small-business-grants-will-be-recognize/

What a “Grant” is

A grant, by definition means “given as judged due or on the basis of merit,” ex-”Funds are granted to qualified researchers”. So grants are awards or accolades for either a great achievement or meeting a certain qualification, but there is much more to them than that simple definition. As the law states, anyone is eligible [...]

$2.5 million in Native American housing grants.

The Housing and Urban Development has done another great civil service be awarding five grants to Native Americans, which is also amplified by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by providing their “Affordable Housing” to the recipients. 600 tribes have benefited from the $500 million raised through the Native American Housing Block Grants, which was [...]

Soroptimist grants help to women

It is hard to believe that women still struggle twice as hard as men do in this day and age, but it is true. Women have come through many milestones towards equality in business, work and social society and will eventually strive past them. During that time and now, there are non-profit organizations like Soroptimist, [...]

The Society of Chest Pain’s Research

Heart failure is easily a powerhouse killer among other diseases, yet it seems there is only so little we can still do. Programs like the Society of Chest Pain Center and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(See our “Decongesting Heart Failure” blog for more info on the ARRA)are dedicated to rewarding researchers with grants for feasible [...]

Community-Based Economic Development

Wisconsin’s Community-Based Economic Development Program has awarded $640,900 for 25 organizations dedicated to community development. Racine County Economic Development Corporation is going to be using their grant money to run a kitchen incubator on the lakefront of Racine, while the Institute for Collaborative Health Interventions will be able to go on continuing the provision of [...]

Duncan has final say in “The Race to the Top”

The U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has the final say in whether any state will receive a portion of the grant funding from the Race to the Top’s $4 million budget, and has set a very high standard for qualification, specifically for teachers. California is one of the states that will be pushing the [...]